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VOLUME XXVII
Horror Os Earthquake
In Japan Last Monday
Grows W|th More Data
Death List Now Ranges
From Official Estimate of
2,275 to Newspaper Fig
ures as High as 5,000.
MINEYAMALOSS
MAY BE 2,000
Several Town? Were Prac
tically Wiped Out While
in Others Manv Houses
Were Totally Wrecked.
Tokio, March !).— (A P)—The horror
of Monday's earthquake in central
Japan continues to grow as more com
plete reports arrive.
The death list now ranges from an
official estimate of 2,275 to newspa
per figures of as high;as 5.000. The
number of injured cannot bo reliably
estimated at present, but it will run
into the thousands. The home office
this afternoon said it bad listed .1,441
injured. Houses destroyed by fire,
the home office said, totalled
and by the earthquake 3,11.1. Partly
burned houses total 158, and houses
damaged by the quake 10,067.
The home minister. Interpellated iq
the diet today, gave the official figure
of 1,000 deaths, but this was before
the latest report was received, and he
said it excluded the towns of Miyasu
nnd Mineyama, from which reliable in
formation'could not be obtained owing
to wrecked communications.
Mineyama is understood to have
been hit the hardest, and one unoffic
ial estimate is that fully 2,000 persons
lost their lives there, either killed by
falling buildings or caught in the fire
that followed.
The Tokio Asahi Shim bun (a news
paper) estimates the dead in the en
tire earthquake region at more than
3,000, while the Tokio Nielli Xichi
Khimbun gives 5,000, with from 50,- <
000 to 75.000 homeless.
An Asahi correspondent says that
the town of Amino of 4,000 popula
tion was nearly destroyed l with the
number of dead aud injured unesti
mated. More than 200 were killed
and 'SOO injured in the collapse and
burning of a theatre. Troops are dig
ging bodies from the ruins. Hie refu
gees, many of them injured, present f
pitiful spectacle, their misery accen
tuated by jhe anow and cold, and Uttit
tartrr nw in* tn i
mth •rurbWlnga. “
The snow, together with fissures
opened in the earth by the convulsions,
have greatly retarded attempts to get
relief to sufferers by automobile, and
food is being carried by coolies.
RECESS APPOINTMENT
FOR WILLIAM TILSON
President Makes Appointment Despite
Successful Oppsitlon by Congress.
Washington, March 9.—W) —l’res-
' ideat Coo idge today gave William J.
Ti’son a recess appointment to the
*> Federal judgeship of tile middle du
ll 'rt of Qeorgia. .
President Coolidge nominated Til
son to. the judgeship during the last
session of Congress, following a pre
vious recess appointment. Opposition
developed to the nomination in the
Senate, led by the two Georgia aena
torß, and the President withdrew the
nomination..
<50,000 Fire at Pilot Mountain.
Winston-Salem, March 9.—(A>)—
Fire originating in the case of Claude
Swanson, about 12 o’clock Tuesday
night reaulted in about #50,000 dam
age to buildings aud stocks of goods
in Pilot Mountain’s main business
section.
Pilot Mountain has no water sys
tem, and citizens fought the flames as
best they could by carrying water by
buckets from the wells in the town.
The Mt. Airy fire department used
chemicals.
Army Cots for Confederate Reunion.
Washington, March 9.—OP)—Four
thousand army cots and double that
number of blankets have been made
available by the War Department for
the Uuited States Confederate Veter
ans reunion at Tampa Florida, April
5-8, A senate resolution authorised
the lending of this equipment by the
government. ,
Says Klansmen Will Become Orange-
Charlotte, March 9. —CA*)— The
Charlotte News in a story published
here today and credited to "the local
Elan's spokesman” says that the
Hornet’s Nest Chapter of the Knights
of the Ku Ktux KSan here is soon
to change its name and become a
unit of the Loyal Order of Orangemen.
"Officials of Hornets Nest Klau were
reticent with reference to the details
of the plans that are being developed”
says the News.
Girl Robber Gets 30 Days.
Vermilion, 8. Dak., March OPi
—Marian Meyers, former co-ed at the
University of South Dakota, was sen
tenced to 30 ddye In the state peni
tentiary when she pleaded guilty to
day to an attempt to rob the vault of
the First National Bank here to get
$24 to pay tuition. v' - ;
Hartaees to Refuse Poet as Clerk of
New District.
Statesville, March B.—J. A. Hart
ness, Iredell superior court clerk, to
day said he would refuse appointment
by Federal Judge E. Y. Webb as clerk
of the western federal court district,
as it would mean moving to Char
lotte or Asheville,' or whatever place
is named headquarters of the district.
The Concord Daily Tribune
. j North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
BANQUET FOR FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONS OP STATE
Faculty Will Entertain Members ot
DsvM&m Football Squad.
Davidson. X. C„ March 9.—The
championship football team of
Davidson College has been honored
eti numerous occasions by cities in
this immediate section, following
which comes the announcement that
the faculty of the institution will he
hosts to the tenui at u banquet,
which will be given in the near
future at the MnxweH Chambers
hotel here. was originally
set for Thursday,'.M«reh 11. but due
to a conflict df bngageinents it was
postponed; - •
Immediately following the bou
quet the body will adjourn to flfoeiir
er Hall, where "Athletic Night" Svill
be observed. At that time special
speakers will he present, and awards
will bo made, of football, basketba.l
aud wretling letters, ms well as “D.
C-” numerals to the freshmen. The
wittner of tlio Norris Trophy will be
announced and the loving cup
formally presented. The silver foot
ba 1 offered by the Schiffncr Jewelry
Company, of Greensboro , to the
championship football team, will al
so be a wanted to the title-holders.
“Athletic Night" was inaugurated
at Davidson last year, the primary
purpose being to make the awarding
of letters a notable occasion, being
a more proper and fitting recognition
of the services of students on the
athletic field.
IDEDELL COUNTY HAS
A BUSINESS MANAGER
<T. 8. Tomlin Gets the Job and It
Carried Salary of $3,500 Per Year.
Statesville, March B.—ln compli
ance with a special act of the general
assembly creating a business mana
ger for Iredell county, the board of
commissioners, in session yesterday,
elected C. 8. Tomlin as county business
manager.
Mr. Tomlin has served as chair
mau of the board of county commis
sioners for years. Following his re
signation as a member of the board.
John F. Bowles was elected to fill
the vacancy on the board and J. M.
Deaton was elected chairman of the
board.
• According to the order, Mr. Tomlin
is to receive an annual salary of $3,-
500 and expenses while away from bis
Afiee. on businees 4*«. the eouqtg. *
C. 12. Hawthorne, of Mooresville,
whs elected bookkeeper for the county,
as assistant to the business manager,
olio shall have his office in the bus
iness manager’s office. He is to re
ceive a salary of $2,500 a year nnd
expenses while away from his office
on business for the county.
THE STOCK MARKET
"
Initial Trading in Stock Market Re
flected in Continuation of Increased
Buying.
New York, March 9.— OP) —The ini
tial trading in today's stock -market
reflected a continuation of yesterday’s
increased buying, with oils making the
best showing. Rails also showed an
early tendency to advance. Atchison.
Houston Oil and Atlantic Refining
scored a point or better gains on the
initial transactions.
Masonic Meeting.
Asheville, March B.—Members of
the Masonic lodge from 20 western
North Carolina counties will assemble
in Asheville April 28, 27 and 28 for
the spring reunion of the Scottish
Rite Masons. A three-day program of
conferring of degrees is being worked
out for the occasion and dinner will
be held daily during the reunion at
the Masonic temple on Broadway. A
banquet the final duy of the reunion
will be the climax of the meetings
here.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner * Beane.
Market dosed today at the follow
ing figures: v
Atchison 170%
American Tobacco B 121
American Smelting 150%
American Locomotive 112
Atlantic Coast Line ’ 188
Allied Chemical 140
Baldwin Locomotive 186
Baltimore & Ohio 112%
Chesapeake & Ohio 166%
DuPont 196%
Frisco 112%
General Motors 171
General Electric 84%
Hudson 1 78%
Standard Oil of New Jersey „ 37%
Kennecott Copper , 62%
Coca-Cola lBB
Liggett & Myers B 92%
Mack Truck 104%'
Maryland Oil 54
Pan American Petroleum B __ 62
Rock Island 82%
R. J. Reynolds 108
Southern Railway 122%
Stndebaker 61%
Stewart-Warner 02
Texas Co. 49%
Tobacco Products 1 107
Oil. Steel 160
Westinghouse 78
Wooiworth 124%
American Td. & Tel 150
American Can 48%
Allis Chalmers 95%
Dodge Bros. 28%
Great Northern 86
Gulf State Steel 60%
Lorillard 29%
Montgomery-Ward 66
Norfolk k Western 166%
- 71%
Vick Chemical 64%
READY MONEY MUCH 1
IN DEMAND WHEN 3
BANKS ARE CLOSED
Man in the Street in Flori
da Uneasy as Result of
Closing of Three Banks
in West Palm Beach.
VISITORS READY -
TO AID BANKERS
Wealthy Men From Other
Parts of Country Trying
to Aid—Bank Examiners
Will Decide Banks’ Fates
Wont Palm Beach. Fla., March 9.
W)—Ready money—an incident here
tofore in this resort for the wealthy—
was of prime concern today.
The man in the street regarded ap
prehensively an abrupt suspeneion of
three bonks. N Millionaire winter visit
ors attracted tp their sports and danc
es, paused to offer financial assistance
to two banks that hod the burden of
keeping the dollar in circulation.
The Citizens Bank and the Farm
ers Bank &. Trust Company, "as solid
as Gibraltar," officials said, awaited
additionhl funds from Jacksonville,
with which to augment a special con
signment of $2,000,000 that yesterday
enabled them to meet withdrawals ]
amt remain open until 2 o’clock, the
regular closing time.
The three closed bnnkp with dpi- j
tal appregating $500,000, awaited in-,
spection by state bank examiners. The:
First American Bank & Trust Co.,
nnd the First National Bank A Trust’
C<>., of Palm Beach failed to open yes- j
terday. The Xorthwood Bank & Trust |
Company suspended business ‘‘ln the.
interest of depositors” on hour after
opening.
Offers of assistance were made by!
several prominent tourists, some of;
whom pressed through long lines ofi
anxious clients bent on withdrawing,
accounts, to make comparatively large l
deposits.
OFFICIALS OF STATE
DISCUSS LEGISLATION;
Officials More or Less Pleased With
the Work of the So ions.
Raleigh, March 9.— OP)— State of
ficials today expressed themselves more 1
or less pleased with 1927 legislation.
pet.measures^of^thc^sh^high^
law, Frank Page, chairman, reviewed
pointing to the $30,000,000 state high
way bond issue, bringing the total to
$115,000,000, and the Smith Hargett
law designed to prevent duplication
of the Newtou decision which prohib
its any individual from bringing suit
against the commission. Mr. Pago
said the Commission had advocated
for the state constabulary measure
defeated, but had not fought for it af
ter Governor McLean and others con
sidered it inadvisable at this timtfT
The Board of Charities and Public
Welfare apropriation was increased
from $30,000 to $33,600. but the]
Rockefeller Foundation annual $lO,-
000 contribution is scheduled to cease
June 30tb.
Mrs. Johnson, welfare worker, had
success in enactment of the farm col
ony for mature delinquent women.
The club women’s minimum school at
tainment law bill, the marriage ban
bill, Australian ballot nnd other wel
fare bills were killed.
The Corporation Commission was
gratified on the bank liquidation law
revision of the blue sky law, while
Stacy Wade, insurance commissioner,
had all his bills passed including re-'
visions of the insurance law, provi
sions for building and inspection, but
the hospital and theatre fire preven
tion bill was killed.
The State board of health saw the
bill to increase its membership killed.
The State department of public in
struction, failing in the eight months
school proposal, saw the Woltz $3,-
250,000 equalization fund secured.
Baxter Durham, state auditor, de
plored cuts in appropriations for
printing.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 1 to 8
Point*, October Going to 1457.
New York, March 9.—(d>>—The cot
ton market opened steady today at de
cline of 1 to 3 points in response to
easier Liverpool cables, March easing i
off to -14.22 and October to 14.57.!
Offerings were light, however, and the
market steadied after opening on cov
ering and trade buying. Liverpool
rallied after the local .market opened,
and there was probably buying here
inspired by the absence of any ma
terial increase of offerings from the
South. May sold up to 14.29 and
October to 14.60 by the eud of the
first half hour, or about 1 to 3 points
net higher.
The market seemed to meet a little
more selling around 14.29 for May
and prices eased off under liquida
tion. Offerings were comparatively
light, but the market was narrow,
May easing off to 1422 and active
months showing net declines of 2 to
4 points at midday.
Cotton futures opened steady. March
14.12; May 14.22; July 14.40; Oct.
14.57; Dec. 14.72.
More than 25,000,000 persons paid
to see the football games played last
fall by the 448 leading colleges of the
country, points out Hugh Fullerton in
an article in this week’s Liberty.
Washington and Lee University
will be host to the annual South
j Atlantia inlet-scholastic basketball
tournament March 3-5.
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927
Emergency Judges Approved By
Action of the State Legislature
Tribune Rni.ua. 1
Sir Waltci 110t.4
Raleigh. March 9.—For another
two years emergency judges will he,
a!) that will Ist available to relieve
j the congestion in the Snporioti
courts of the slate, with the twenty
jndieial dietriete remaining as now
constituted, as a result of the on'
notment of the hill providing for
fuur permanent emergency judges td
bo appointed hy the Covrnor. with’
the privilnge to appoint two more It
conditions necessitate it.
Thus on the closing day of the
1927 seivlon. the plan advocated the
epeuing week of the session 60 days
before, and then laughed at. has
been adopted ns the only way not oft
the judicial congestion in the state.
First, the senate discarded th4
permanent emergency judges plant
substituting in its stead a bill caip
ing for the creation of seven addi
tional judicial districts, and pna**d
it, thus taking care of all the moot
insistent demands for new dis-s
tricts.
But the house would have none of
it, the “back country” rising as a
! man. under the leadership of Rep?
j resentatives Mclcnn of ltcanfort,
] Folger of Surry, and- Boyd of Hay*
j wood, thus putting an end to fhu
, dream of the bigger counties, for
! plenty of courts where the lawyer
j could sue nnd sue and sue, and get
their cases heard within a reason
able length of time.
Then after the rejection of the
]27 judicial districts plan, the com*
j mitteo on courts and judicial, dis-a
tricts. with Representative 'Willisj
Smith of Wake, ns chairman,!
brought out two bills—one. to pro
vide for four additional judicial dis*
tricts, and two fiermanent emergency
judges, and nnother bill to submit a
constitutional amendment that would
permit the general assembly to in-,
crease the number of Superior Court
judges or solicitors independently.
As the constitution now stands,
there must be the same number of
solicitors as judges.
And this latter "bill is the only
one that has passed—and now the
peop'o must vote on it, before it
can become n law.
When the committee substitute
bill was first brought out, it' appear
AMERICAN-BORN DUKE
WAS A GREAT SCIENTISI
Duk de Loubat Aided Many ImH
viduais and Institut’-ons in Amcncn
New York, Mar. 9.—Jinny Amerj
.cans and American institutions havj
cause to remember with gratituik
tbe- Duke de Loubat. whose death'*
reported from Paris. The study of
what he termed “Americanism" W;c
the life-long hobby or the Duke. In
pursuit of this study himself and tr
encourage it in others lie donate'
vast sums of money. Time and again
he traveled oyer Mexico and Central
and South America in search of.
relics of the early civi’izntiott of
these regions nnd to collect manu
scripts left by the early Spanish
conquerors and clergy. Copies ot
these manuscripts la- had repro
duced at bk own expense and dis
tributed them among the libra rie
and museums in America.
He; presented to the National His
torical Museum in this city u won
derful- collection of casts of Mexican
and Maya antiquities. To Columuia
University he made a donation o.
more than $1,000,000 and enriched
its library with a .gift of rare bonks
and manUserips. In 1899 he found
ed a professorship in the University
of Berlin for Americana,, at n cost
of $76,000. He' was the founder of
the Loubat prizes of SI,OOO and
S4OO, which are awarded oy Colum
bia University every five yean* for
tlte best work written in the English
language upon the history, geo
graphy, archaeology, ethnology, phi -
olog.v or numismatics of North
America.
Tim Duke de Loubat. though ii
may seem an anomaly, lived anil
died nu Amerienn citizen. He tvns.
born in this city in 1831 and was
the son of a very wealthy New York
er,. He first came into prominence
in 1867, after the close of the civil
war. At'that time the United
sent an embassy to Russia to thank
the Emperor and the G >vi rumetit
for their sympathy and help during
the civil war. Mr. Joseph F. Loubat,
as he was then known, was tbt
secretary to that embassy.
An early incident which made him
best known to the general public
concerned his troubles with the
Union Club of this city. Loubat
| had a dispute with another member,
which led to talk of a duel anil then
to his expulsion from the club. He
thereupon brought suit for reinstate
ment and was completely successful
after prolonged litigation. After this
episode he went to I’aric, where he
continued to resine ilurin.j the re
mainder of his life.
In Paris he became very much in
terested in archaeology, and in His
tory of all sorts. He made extend'd
research ntnl studies and spent i
considerable fortune on old manu
scripts nnd original documents. At
tbe same time he made extensive
gifts to the Roman Catholic Church,
both in Europe nnd in America. His i
donations became so very prominent |
that they merited the attention of I
the pope. At first the Pope conferred
upon him the title ot count, ami
then that of duke. That is how he
gained his title.
In the early ‘Bos the Duke wrote
and -published hia "Medallic History
of the United States.” This con
anted of two large volumcn of etch
ed reproductions of every medal ever
given by Congress, with the ful' his
tory of each occasion. The etching"
were done by one of the most famous
etcher* In the world. The whole pro
duction coat forty or fifty thousand
dollars;. It la said that Mr. Loubat
"d lhat a compromise would be
piiekly brought about. But the
•ommitiee lmd deleted the expense
accounts of the solicitors in order to
jet agreement in the .house for the
passage of the bill. Ttie seriate
thought this was unfair to the
solicitors, nnd put it lau-k in. But
tgain iite house balked. And that i i
the way the matter stood for more
linn a week.
But while this impasse raised by
the deletion of the solicitors' expense
account is generally credited with
having defeated the committee bill,
that, is really not the case, accord
ing to, those most familiar with the
“behind the scene**" activities.'
The real reason why the bill fail
ed was disagreement as to how the
new judicial districts were to la- u.;-
termiued, A group of representatives
from the eastern section of the
state insisted that at leant two of
the new districts be created in the
east, despite the faet there is little
court congestion iu the east, nud
that the bulk of the court congestion
1 is in the middle and western sections
of the state, in the bigger industrial
[communities. But this group of eant
jeru representatives held firm, and
when they found that the state was
being redistrieled neoording to the
actual court needs, rather than aloug
political lines, banded themselves to
tether atul determined to defeat the
plan. # '
That, they succeeded eminently iu
their aim is attested by the faet that
for another two years, the congested
court dockets will be presided over
by what the bouse has dubbed
“Itevo" judges, rather than by i
regularly elected Superior court
judges.
“Polities has won over common
sepse again.” said Representative
Everett of Durham, one of the lend
ers in the effort to obtain she in
crease in the number of judicial dis
tricts. “And we must begin on a
new line of attack now, or meet de
feat two years hence. The people,
and especially the lawyers and the |
State liar Association must be ied i
to see that state ha.; become ■
primarily an industrial rather than ■
an agricultural state, and that the j
increase iu the courts must begin in ]
the industrial, rather than the agri-!
cultural sections.”
rOBBACO CO-OP. OFFICERS
WILL BE EXAMINED]
Examination Will Start Thursday j
Be hire Judg Henry Bowden of I
Norfolk.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir WiUtA-'t Hotel.
Mkreh 9.—Examination
if the former officers of the now
lefunct Tobacco Growers (’o-opera
ive Association, will ’ be begun
Thursday morning in the Federal
?onrt room here before J ntlge Henry
Bowden of Norfolk. master in
chancery, appointed by Judge
Meckins to assist in the disposal of
he affairs of the tobacco associa
tion. Colonel Willie M. Person, one
,)f the instigators of the action that
resulted in the receivership of the
association, conducted the examina
tion.
G. A. Norwood, president of the
now deceased ;tobacco corporation,
will be the first to lie euTed for ex
amination, and will be questioned at
length by Col. Person regarding the
activities of the association, com
plete records of the association have
been subpoened, and a number of
interesting disclosures have been
promised before the examination in
completed.
Following tlte interrogation of Mr.
Norwood, it is planned to examine
TV. G. Cougbenbour of Salisbury,
formerly connected with the tobacco
association, as well as Dr. Clarence
Poe of Raleigh, who was the Public
Director of the association from
North Carolina, appointed to that
nosition by the Governor of the
state.
“As a result of this examination,
many details, some of them startling
in nature. concerning the mis
management of the association, are
expected to be brought to light,
which have never been made public
before,” said Colonel Person. “Thus
the tobacco farmers of the state will
be able to know tbe facts of how
the tobacco co-operative association
was run. Enough bits already been
discovered to show tbe absolute
waste of thousands of dollars of the
members’ money, but when this
examination has been completed, we
expect to have presented all the
facts.”
The first war veasel in the world
to be lighted by electricity wns the
11. S. cruiser Trenton, in 1882.
loot at least $30,000 ou the transac
tion. He gave all the remnants ot the
only edition published to Columbia
University. Later he gave to the
university the whole collection of
valuable plates. His total benefac
tions to Columbia amounted to a
vast-sum and his gifts were made,
it is said, without his having the
personal acquaintance of any of the
officers or faculty members of the
university.
TRAVELOGUE
—ON—
BERMUDA
CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL
March Uth at 8:00 P. M.
Benefit Hot Chocolate Fund
IMPROVEMENT SEEN
NOW IN CONDITION
OF BASEBALL STAR
Johnny Mostil, Who Tried
to Take Life in Louisi*
ana Training Camp, Has
Chance to Recover.
SAYS NOTHING
ABOUT ACTION
He Is Now Conscious But
He Offers No Explana
tion.—lll Health May
Have Been the Cause.
Shreveport, La., March 9. — OP) —
The condition of Johnnie Mostil, out
fielder of the Chicago White Sox, who
attempted to take his life here last
night in the bath room of a hotel
where the Sox are quartered, was
somewhat improved this morning.
Mostil was said to have had a fairly
good night and was conscious. He
slashed himself four times, using a
knife nnd a razor blade.
So far, he has made no statement
coneerning the attempt to kill him
self.
Mosul's attempt came ns a blow
to Manager liny Sehatk, nnd other
members of the elub. who showed much
concern over the matter.
Mostil has been a member of the
Chicago White Sox for six years. He
began his baseball career on Chicago
sand lots. In 1918 he was given a
trial with the White Sox, and was
later sent to Milwaukee, plnying with
that team two years, at second base,
and ill the outfield. He returned to
the Chicago club where he remained,
playing iu the outfield. His home is
in Whiting, Indiana, near Chicago.!
He is unmarried.
Physicians said later that although
still in a grave condition, Mostil was
much improved and had a good chance
to recover.
j HINES AGAIN CONFERS
WITH MANUFACTURERS
j Head of Textile Institute Meets With
] Textile Men In Charlotte.
j (’harlotte, March 8. —General Wnlk
jer I>. -Hines, president of the Ameri
ican Cotton textile Institute, nud about
150- eottou manufacturers of the Pied
mont section ».{ the State, conferred
k«* ttiony ou plain* to make the
textile business healthier.
These plans include more efficient
operation of the business and m*n
ufnctnring plants and General Hines
advised that rather than building of
more, mills.
Unity and eo-opemtion were ap
proved tbe efforts to popularize the
weirt-ing of cotton goods and one of
the aims of the textile institute will
be to find new- uses for cotton prod
ucts. i
Cost accounting, collection and dis
semination of reports nnd accurate
information regarding orders, stocks
ou hand and production schedules were
stressed ns important.
General Hines went from here to
Bpnrtanburg, where Wednesday be
will hold nnother meeting.
SOLOMON’S POOLS FILLED.
Ancient Water Supply System to
Be Used Again In Palestine.
Jerusalem. March 9.—Salomon’s
pools” one of the most ancient water
supply systems, were fi led today for
tbe first time in many centuries.
The pools were repaired by the
Palestine Government and will be
used again, ns in the time of ancient
Judea, to supply water teinporari.y
for the needs of Jerusalem's popula
tion. The pools contain 40,000,000
gallons of water.
A public festival in honor of the
occasion wns held by the Municipali
ty of Jerusalem. High Commissioner
Lord PI timer, in addressing the
gathering, urged that reliauce should
not be p’accd in the pools but that
a safe modern supply system should
be installed.
Borah May Speak in State.
Wilmington, March 9. —(INS) —
Senator Borah of Idaho lias tenta
tively accepted an invitiation to ad
dress the North Carolina Society of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution commissioners March 29-30,
according to an announcement here.
The Idaho Senator, it was said, has
an engagement in New Y'ork on March
29, aud will make an effort to get to
North Carolina within the following
two days, it was said by officials of the
society.
Among other speakers who have
been obtained to address tlie confer
ence are Governor Me I yean and Gen
eral Albert Cox, of Raleigh, it was
said. Colonel James A. Moss, director
of the United States Flag Association,
and Walter Murphy, of Salisbury,
also have been invited to speak before
Uie convention.
Spring Rest Is Coming.
Greensboro, March 9.^—North Caro
lina college students in this city, more
than 1,000 of them, at this date have
a little more than three weeks of work
in front of them before spring vaca
tion.
That break in the study schedule
of tbe year comes with the first of
April. According to the college cal
endar, students and members of the
faculty will be relieved from duties
from Friday, April 1, to Thursday.
April 7, inclusive. After the latter
date the only break in the schedule
before commencement comes upou the
celebration by students of Field day,
which has at 'times heretofore been
a holiday.
First Aid!
hJa V ;
Is 'll
Severe rainstorms cut every
link, save this suspension
bridge, between Tiajuana, Mex
ico, and the outside world.
Word was received that the in
habitants were in distress—
and keg after keg of beer was
rushed in.
UatagaMiaul Xamnalk
STATE FAIR IS ASSURED
AS RESULT OK MEASURE
There is SlfU Some Doubt About Fair
Being Held This Year.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 11.—North Carolina
will again have a State Fair. This
i'n assured when the measure providing
200 acres of State land passed the
Senate yesterday on its turbulous
journey through the General Assembly.
Bnt whether it will be possible to
hold one this fall is stiH doubtful:-*
The measure profiles that . 200
acres of land within five wiles -at the
State Capitol shall be (fSTde for
the punwse of holding a State Fuir,
provided that the city of Raleigh and
the State Agricultural Society raise
$200,000 forth» purpose of erecting
suitable permanent buildings. The
Agricultural Society has an equity in
the $150,000 now belonging to the
State Fair by virtue of the sale of
the old fair grounds. The city of
Raleigh also has an equity in this
money and nothing will dc done to
wards establishing the fair until the
people of Raleigh by vote release their
equity in the fund and* donate either
by the sale of bonds or by private
subscription the sum of $50,000-
When this additional money is in
hand, the State Fair will begin to
become a reality.
The new fair will be a state insti
tution. The land is to be selected by
the Governor and the Council of State
and unless they feel disposed to trade
laud, part of the State Prison fnrm
vt ill likely be used for the purpose or
possibly some State College farm
land.
A state fair projierly conducted is t
a blackboard on which may be written j
the agricultural progress of North !
Carolina those who favor it say. It!
is au educational institution to which
farmers and homemakers throughout
North Carolina may bring their choic
est products nud through their exhibi
tion encourage others to do equally
as well. Farmers who travel to the
State Fair come in contact with new
ideas by migling with one another.
They see uetv equipment, new ideas in
home conveniences, uew plaßts, im
proved animals and crops and they
learn that some of the old met hods
are wasteful and obsolete.
In addition to the facts that
fqriuers and housewives learn from
each other and from the exhibits
brought from the farms, they also
get much desirable information from
the exhibits of commercial concerns
and the educational displays of the
scientific and extension workers r f
State College and other institutions.
The late facts about improved agri
culture which in many eases are not
yet adopted generally by farmers are
shown at the Fair and when these
exhibits are properly housed with suf
ficient space to make them tell the
story effectively, they are of untold
value in improving farming practices.
If the new State Fair is properly
equipped with spacious buildings and
is properly managed to encourage the
crop farmers, livestick growers and
others to bring their choicest products,
it should prove to be one of the finest
educational agencies available to the
agriculture of North Carolina. The
General Assembly has very wisely
given the farmer this much considera
tion, at least, and it is to be hoped
that' the State Agricultural Society
and the City of Raleigh fulfill ex
pectations by giving farmers a state
wide fair worthy of North Carolina.
Lease of Railroad Halted.
Washington, March B.—<d>)—The
proposed lease of the Lehigh &, New
England railroad by the Reading Rail
road was held by the Interstate Com
merce Commision today to be dot in
the public interests, and permission to
complete the consolidation was denied.
The ancient Greeks buried their
dead remote from towns.
THE TRIBUNE jl
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS
NO. 51 Q
UTOBE TROOPS I
STILL MUG;
w |W U IS OCCUPIED
& . »
Followed Occupation J
of City by Cantonese and *i
Customs House Ther# J
Was Looted by Mob. m
RECENT MOVES -J
AID INVADERS
Governor of Wuhwei Prpf* |
ince Goes Over to Cgut* 1
tonese, and Invaders Aft Jj
Making Progress.
Shanghai. March 0. —(A*)—Atte«*» |j
t ion centered today on Wuhti’, 2fl(V
miles west of here, because of its pc- j
cupation by the advancing Cantatumk ji
and riots in which the cutottis hquse,
was looted by a mob. ic.ijjgß
The foreign women and children ■*s 1
Wultu evacuated the city today apd
left by steamer for Shanghai. Nw
casualties were reported. Auti-riot
measures woro doscribod a#
warm."
Latest military events seeip. stggfiMf' 'M
ly in favor of the Cantonese, who’ fig*
moving in increasing strength in ’
direction of Nanking from as far wefit
as Hankow.
The new situation, brought ak«tus "
by the action of tlie governor qf 1
Wuhwei province. Chen Tlao-Yung in j
affiliating himself with the Cantonese,
and the occupation of Wubu has
placed General Chaug. defender of
Shanghai. in a precarious position.
He still holds the northeastern sec
tion of tlie province, but hue been Tj
forced to bring up reinforcement* so
protect his lines. At the present time,
Chang is said to have 7.000 whfta
Russians with his army in the viciuitf
!of Nanking.
Nationalist soldiers at Wuseuh, «*•
low Hankow, rushed and captured ’«
British steamer on Monday starting
down the river with it. A British
! destroyer later intercepted the stcamf?
i and recaptured it. An armed guard
was placed, aboard.
BLUE LAW FIGHT TO * >Jf§§
STATE SUPREME COURT J
Governor Richards Wants Highest
Court To Pass Judgment on Old
I Law.
“>C«ltnnbia. March »r—fINBB-Sottrit-
Carolina's bine law controversy will
be carried to the Supreme Court.
Governor Richards has temporarily i
averted a threatened clash between the
executive and judicial branches of
the state government by ordering hi?
constables to make no arrests at Aiken .'3
at present for violation of the state's
blue laws.
The order wits' issued by the Gover
nor after Judge Haynes F. Rice is
sued a restraining order on the cons
tabulary preventing them for molest
ing Sunday golfers at the resort t<wb.
Governor Richards recalled his qlf
fioers back to the state capital aftttf
Judge Rice threatened to place the
officers in jail if they violated his
order, but declared that he would
make an attempt to have the Supreme
Court act on tlie point at once.
In a statement issued here, the
Governor deelnred that he felt JudjK
Rice laid no authority to restrain of
ficers from enforcing the law. but that
his respect for the courts was such .
that he "would rather go to au extreme
than to carry a point by force." *
With Our Advertisers. '
You can save money on your clothes
by haviug them denned by Wrenn, the
Kannapolis cleaner.
The Kauuhpolis Bakery has
pies, cinnamon buns and cookies dai
ly. Place your order with your pM
grocer.
Dresses, suits and coats for Urn
"Junior Miss" can Is* found
son's. Garments made by
designers and makers.
Suits, hats and shoes for the partic
ular man can be found at the ,T. C,
Penney Co. Suits from $19.75 M
$.1475. Hats $3.98 and shoes sUtl4
The" Parks-Belk Co. is offering qjtSf';-
ini values in two pants suite. Attjq
long pants suits for boys priced front
$3.05 to $9.95. Read ad. for parffe*-
ulers.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. wants
to supply you with your hardware
reeds. Sec new ad.
The Gray Shop will hive sntcfal
prices on quality dresses on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Watch ads.
for particulars. .
Recovery Seen for Two Victims of
Gun Hattie. ;
Asheville, March B.—Dr. W. Oscar
Patton and Walter I). Wiggins, both
of Itobbinsville, are expected to hS-T
cover from bullet wounds inflicted yew*
terday following a quarrel in Wig-?
gins' store, according to infon»gil&
reaching here today. Dr. Patton, it*
leged by police to have beeti intoxi
cated, severely wounded Wiggins af
ter the merchant had objected, Xn lad> ;
guage the physician was using before
women patrons of the store. Dr. Pat
ton was wounded by Sheriff G. W.;
Shuler, of Graham county, after the
physician is said to have snapped hSif
gun at Kan Eller, town marshal.' BeJ
Patton is in a hospital at M urpttjri
and Wiggins is in a hospital at
son City. The physician is ($8 tMM
old and Wiggins 40.
yvbatherforecajßt7~ J
Rain tonight, colder on the (Mp
cosat; Thursday generally fair, .m
ceded by rain in northeast port&»4
slightly wnrrticr in west portion TbSajl
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